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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Kingsgate:
33.380603, -111.795139
Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
We found six communities that share the name Kingsgate.
Within Arizona, the name Kingsgate is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This Kingsgate lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km]<1> to the north of the Kingsgate that is located in Maricopa County.
Ohio
Hamilton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Kingsgate [Hamilton County].
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Kingsgate is located in Greenville County and lies 1,681 miles [2,705.3 km]<1> to the east of the Kingsgate that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Kingsgate.
Tennessee
Knox County
This Kingsgate is located in Knox County and lies 1,573 miles [2,531.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kingsgate that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Kingsgate.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Kingsgate is located in Salt Lake County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the north of the Kingsgate that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Kingsgate.
Washington
King County
This Kingsgate is located in King County and lies 1,128 miles [1,815.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Kingsgate that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Kingsgate.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingsgate ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Cedar Ridge (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kingsgate to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingsgate and extending to:
Phoenix, which is the Seat of Maricopa County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kingsgate to Phoenix, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,963 miles [3,159.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take three full days, a buggy would take 77 days and walking would take 112 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,443 miles [11,978.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,208 miles [13,209.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,144 miles [9,887.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kingsgate) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingsgate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3806, Longitude: -111.7951 In this case, the coordinates for Kingsgate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Kingsgate could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Kingsgate to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.929 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.649 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.024 degrees.